Yes, the Phillies have done it and after having Game 5 postponed, it all came to a fitting end in Philly.

You read it, baseball season finally concluded with the Phillies winning the 2008 MLB World Series. In what was the longest game EVER in World Series history, since Game 5 was the first World Series game ever postponed last Tuesday, the Phillies ended their 25-year championship drought after beating the Rays, 4-3.

The Philadelphia Phillies swept all three games at home to relive 1982, the year when they won their last title before this one. The Phillies were able to go from one of the losingest team in baseball to a world champion and after 50 hours of Game 5, they can now breathe a sigh of relief.

In what has become a three-inning sprint, the Phillies jumped on the Tampa Bay Rays the moment they resumed the 6th inning after the umpires called it at the bottom of the 6th last Tuesday.

The Phillies scored to take a 3-2 lead and although the Rays managed to answer back with a run scored at the top of the 7th, Philadelphia answered right back in the very same inning, proving how determined they were in ending it in five games.

‘’It was a crazy way to win it with a suspended game but we did and it’s over and we’re very excited,'’ 45-year-old Phillies pitcher Jamie Moyer said. ‘’It has been a long wait, but it’s worth it.'’

Yes, it’s worth it alright. After all, they now have a real champion of their own after 25 years. The only champion they have before this World Series was Rocky Balboa, and he’s not even a real dude.

For Tampa, what’s next for the Rays now?

‘’I believe this firmly, our guys are not going to be satisfied without playing in October from now on,'’ Rays manager Joe Maddon said. ‘’And that’s a good thing. And that’s all because of this group of people this year.'’

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